Ryan Fredericks has finally signed for the Hammers on a free, becoming the club's first deal of the summer. Not sure it's actually Pellegrini's first signing though, as this has the feel of something that was set up last season by either David Moyes or David Sullivan. But it doesn't look like it's ever going to happen for the injury-plagued Sam Byram, so this could well be a good signing.
Meanwhile it seems Manuel Pellegrini was pretty heroic in the mugging incident in Chile. Manuel told El Mercurio: “I threw myself on the guy, and that made him stop, but then he came back to me and pushed his gun on me, pointed it at me and fired into the air. The bullet hit a building." So as well as having a manager who committed suicide (Syd King) West Ham very nearly had the first PL manager to be shot before a ball had been kicked.
Throwing himself at gunmen is one thing, but will Pellegrini be able to deal with the far scarier task of getting some dosh out of the board? (Hopefully the board hasn't deducted the cost of his Rolling Stones ticket from his budget.) The Daily Mirror today reports that Pellegrini has already clashed with David Sullivan over transfer targets and expenditure, though hopefully this is just tabloid mischief-making. It's certainly been an eventful start to Manuel's reign — and he's only been here two weeks.
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